This is the 1 Line... with new stops in Kent, Des Moines, and Federal Way Saturday marks yet another milestone for Link Light Rail. Our local 1 and 2 lines have really expanded in the last two years. This time, Sound Transit is heading further south. We’ll hear more from Seattle Times Transportation Reporter Nick DeShais. Vaughan Jones
One year on from martial law crisis, South Korea celebrates its democracy's resilience One year on from failed presidential power grab, South Korea celebrates its resilient democracy, and tries to heal deep political divisions. Se Eun Gong
A Palestinian imprisoned for planning a bombing is now a prized novelist, and free Bassem Khandaqji entered prison 21 years ago for plotting a deadly bombing in Israel. He left prison as an award-winning novelist. Nuha Musleh
Belgium rejects EU plan to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine Belgium on Wednesday rejected a plan to use frozen Russian assets to help prop up Ukraine's economy and war effort over the next two years, saying that the scheme poses financial and legal risks. The Associated Press
Democrats seek limits on who can serve as immigration judges amid mass layoffs The legislation comes after the White House authorized up to 600 military lawyers to be temporary immigration judges and scrapped requirements for them to have immigration law experience. Ximena Bustillo
50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff members who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools. Cory Turner
The use and misuse of the word 'ideology' The word "ideology" has become a fixture in American political rhetoric, invoked by leaders to cast opponents' beliefs as dangerous, stupid or unfounded. But it wasn't always this way. Jason DeRose
Belarus weather balloons force repeated closures of Lithuania's main airport Lithuanian authorities accused Belarus of deliberate disruption after weather balloons directed at Vilnius Airport's runways forced an 11-hour shutdown on Saturday. The Associated Press
Trump administration halts immigration applications for migrants from 19 nations The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier this year. The Associated Press
Deep-sea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 to resume Dec. 30 The Malaysian government says it will pay the robotics firm Ocean Infinity $70 million if it can locate the wreckage from the missing flight within a 55-day period. The Associated Press
